So for the first time in my life I met someone else with Vitiligo today!!!! I was in the nail salon having a pedicure and the lady doing my nails asked me what the spots on my ankles were called. I told her it was called Vitiligo and the woman sitt
Read more…Friends,
I would like to share with everyone my positive experience with treatment that worked for me, hoping it will give some of you renewed outlook on your condition. Please remember that what works for one person may not work for another, and in
Read more…My daughter is 16 and she was diagnosed with vitiligo about 2 years ago. It is on her face... including the area around her left eye. I would say about a year after we first saw the loss in pigmentation, the inner part of her eyebrow started turnin
Read more…Does any one of color or a nationality have some kind of hatred towards vitiligo for robbing u of culture. I am of capeverdean des..and if I didn't have vitiligo everyone could plainly see. But now I will be mistaken for mixed or white. Kinda frustra
Read more…many people in here are taking the whole vitiligo thing so seriously, lots of medicines,vitamins,doctors...and all those kinda stuff,i never cared about it,and it had stopped spreading many years ago,its just a color for god's sake!!
Read more…Hi, has anyone had any repigment using the phototherapy lights? I'm considering purchasing one for my daughter. I would appreciate the feedback. Thanks:)
Read more…Found this article on the paper - and thought I will share it here !!! Sounds promising !!!!!!
Read more…I was diagnosed about a year ago (am 69 years old). Dr. #1 prescribed TRIAMCINOLONE cream which I used but had no effect.
Decided to get a second opinion and Dr. #2 prescribed ELIDEL. I've been using it for about two weeks.
Neither Dr. was very clea
Read more…Ive been considering doing the psoralen treatment but i don't have enough information on it, can someone explain what to do and if it has worked? Im talking about the treatment where you sit in the sun or something?
Read more…Do you feel that phototherapy is safe for a child? Has anyone had great success with using it?
Read more…I've had vitiligo for 3 years but it has really picked up in the last year. Protopic worked well on my face and Lidex (steroid) ointment worked well on my hands (but I am getting new spots again).
In February I decided to start Xtrac (by Photomedex
Read more…I've had vitiligo for 42 years . I thunk that 90% of my body has been effected by this disease. I only have about five major areas on my face that still effect me emotionally praying they they hurry up in lose they color. My concern is that I notice
Read more…Today while getting my pedicure, the pedicurist went to give me my usual foot/leg massage, however, this time she whipped out some lemons... squeezed the juice in her hand and rubbed it all over my legs and feet. It was magnificent!!! But... it had
Read more…Was anyone exposed to toxins prior to getting vitiligo? Examples such as fertilizer on farms, lice removal lotions, hair dyes or even very harsh cleaning products. It could be prolonged use, or maybe used years prior to being diagonosed with vitili
Read more…Has anyone experienced hives with their vit? I used to get hives in high school, right before track meets, then they thought it was stress/ excitement And possible sugar intake. Later in my early twenties I got them again. Every night, for two years.
Read more…Does anyone know anything bout accutane and vitiligo? My son has very bad acne and is asking to please go on accutane? I dont want his vit to start spreading . Any informatin on any acne products would be very helpful...
Read more…Hello. My name is Erica and new to this group. I have had Vitiligo now for about 25 years (I am 40). I was lucky that for most of my teens and 20's it was confined to a few spots: ankles, knees, elbows and a few spots in underarms. But they were
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